and live alone in the wilderness 402.4 I live alone on the Isle of Skye in a tipi almost impossible to find without detailed directions. It might seem unusual for someone of sixteen, but I love my own company and I'm passionate about preserving wild spaces. I grew up with my mum, Ghillie, and older s sister, Yazzie, in a remote and sometimes inaccessible home in the Scottish mountains, using cross-country skis to drag food and supplies to the house. this became second nature to me. When I gained a place at the School of Adventure Studies on the Isle of Skye last year, I decided to live in a tipi, practising what I preach. I sleep on an ancient canvas camp bed my grandfather gave me, is with two old army blankets and some skins I tanned myself for warmth. I have an open fire and spend my evenings tanning animal and fish skins, and carving wood. I store clothes and books in an old metal trunk of my mum's - it's covered in stickers from her travels. I wash my clothes in the river and dry them in the wind or in the Mum, a cookbook writer, taught us about possible dangers and how to cope with them, then let us run wild from an early age. I spent so much time with tribes who rely on the land that 20 heat from the fire. I have a bush shower using water from the river. 10 1 40 Zeki 4 Read the article and check your ideas in Exercise 3. Then answer the questions. 1 Where does Zeki come from? 2 Who taught him to live in the wilderness? 3 Where is he living at the moment? 4 What is he studying? 5 How does he get to school? 6 Does he miss his friends? 7 What does he like about his lifestyle? 8 What | Focus 4. Second Edition. Student's Book | 4/40